Sood Surname
Approximately 52,360 people bear this surname
Sood Surname User-submission:
Sood is a Rajput community (descendents of Sodha Rajputs), but some gotras are merchants. Later, with the influence of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, they converted to Sikhism. In India, they are mostly in the states of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, and other areas of Northern India.
Read More About This SurnameSood Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 36,038 | 1:21,285 | 1,647 |
| Pakistan | 4,562 | 1:39,159 | 1,747 |
| United States | 3,012 | 1:120,338 | 12,879 |
| England | 1,944 | 1:28,662 | 3,869 |
| Canada | 981 | 1:37,559 | 4,751 |
| United Arab Emirates | 920 | 1:9,959 | 1,253 |
| Malaysia | 650 | 1:45,376 | 3,624 |
| Bangladesh | 631 | 1:252,546 | 7,887 |
| Australia | 594 | 1:45,447 | 5,703 |
| Egypt | 397 | 1:231,576 | 16,276 |
| Thailand | 374 | 1:188,873 | 31,054 |
| Indonesia | 300 | 1:440,831 | 36,784 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Philippines | 180 | 1:562,435 | 62,921 |
| Qatar | 172 | 1:13,709 | 1,501 |
| New Zealand | 155 | 1:29,215 | 5,112 |
| Oman | 147 | 1:25,088 | 2,155 |
| Singapore | 137 | 1:40,202 | 1,485 |
| Kuwait | 116 | 1:32,765 | 4,071 |
| Scotland | 111 | 1:48,233 | 4,226 |
| Tanzania | 77 | 1:687,553 | 39,898 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| Germany | 36 | 1:2,236,263 | 117,794 |
| Finland | 34 | 1:161,668 | 14,556 |
| Ireland | 29 | 1:162,377 | 7,171 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:162,870 | 11,152 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Sood (9,376) may also be a first name.
Sood Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Sood is a Rajput community (descendents of Sodha Rajputs), but some gotras are merchants. Later, with the influence of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, they converted to Sikhism. In India, they are mostly in the states of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, and other areas of Northern India.
The word sood or sudh means 'victor of enemies' in Sanskrit, according to Amarkosh.
- soodviSood/Sud is a last name of Punjabi origin with close ties to the Khatri community in Punjab (India). According to the caste system in India, the Sood caste was of the warriors and knights. Though some sources claim the origin of the Sood Surname is from Iran, meaning 'gain', 'benefit', or 'interest', which shows the Soods might have also been merchants from Iran.
- f.edevaneThe surname Sood or Sud originally belongs to a Rajput community (descendants of Sodha Rajputs), but some gotras are merchants. With the influence of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, many converted to Sikhism. In India, they are mostly in the states of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir and other areas of Northern India.
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Sood Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sood Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sood (Hindi: सूद, Marathi: सोड) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sood? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sood is the 10,739th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 139,182 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Sood live; 79 percent live in South Asia and 67 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Sood is also the 63,995th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 9,376 people.
Sood is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 36,038 people, or 1 in 21,285. In India it is primarily found in: Punjab, where 42 percent live, Delhi, where 26 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 4 percent live. Aside from India it is found in 85 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.
Sood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sood has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sood last name expanded 301,200 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 64,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sood Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sood last name are 1.97% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 51.26% being registered with the party.
The amount Sood earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 43.47% more than the national average, earning 496,518 kr per year; in United States they earn 32.25% more than the national average, earning $57,063 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.14% more than the national average, earning $60,683 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shood | 89 | 624 | / |
| Soodt | 89 | 50 | / |
| Soodh | 89 | 10 | / |
| Sgood | 89 | 2 | / |
| Soo'd | 89 | 1 | / |
| Soods | 89 | 1 | / |
| Soo | 86 | 44,433 | / |
| Sod | 86 | 938 | / |
| Soodts | 80 | 92 | / |
| Schood | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shhood | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shoo | 75 | 16,174 | / |
| Soud | 75 | 15,405 | / |
| Soos | 75 | 5,729 | / |
| Jood | 75 | 2,928 | / |
| Sooy | 75 | 986 | / |
| Soot | 75 | 518 | / |
| Soid | 75 | 440 | / |
| Soop | 75 | 343 | / |
| Sodd | 75 | 188 | / |
| Sodt | 75 | 173 | / |
| Soed | 75 | 131 | / |
| Suod | 75 | 123 | / |
| Cood | 75 | 112 | / |
| Shod | 75 | 96 | / |
| Sodh | 75 | 96 | / |
| Szoo | 75 | 67 | / |
| Sjoo | 75 | 34 | / |
| Sooz | 75 | 21 | / |
| Sooß | 75 | 19 | / |
| Sohd | 75 | 13 | / |
| Siod | 75 | 12 | / |
| Zood | 75 | 5 | / |
| Sods | 75 | 4 | / |
| Soyd | 75 | 3 | / |
| Sooe | 75 | 3 | / |
| Sodz | 75 | 3 | / |
| Scod | 75 | 3 | / |
| Sosd | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sooa | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sooš | 75 | 2 | / |
| Jsoo | 75 | 2 | / |
| Xood | 75 | 2 | / |
| Szod | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sooj | 75 | 1 | / |
| S'Oo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sgoo | 75 | 1 | / |
| So'd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sotd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ssoo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Jsod | 75 | 1 | / |
| Schoodt | 73 | 34 | / |
| Soohood | 73 | 7 | / |
| Geesood | 73 | 3 | / |
| So | 67 | 1,141,441 | / |
| Shoop | 67 | 5,235 | / |
| Schoo | 67 | 2,431 | / |
| Soots | 67 | 1,417 | / |
| Shoot | 67 | 567 | / |
| Soost | 67 | 531 | / |
| Sooch | 67 | 482 | / |
| Scoot | 67 | 406 | / |
| Joodt | 67 | 351 | / |
| Shoid | 67 | 108 | / |
| Schod | 67 | 92 | / |
| Sooth | 67 | 77 | / |
| Shoud | 67 | 61 | / |
| Shhod | 67 | 36 | / |
| Shoed | 67 | 34 | / |
| Soote | 67 | 32 | / |
| Sohud | 67 | 23 | / |
| Soudh | 67 | 19 | / |
| Shodd | 67 | 17 | / |
| Sshoo | 67 | 16 | / |
| Soosh | 67 | 16 | / |
| Soedt | 67 | 15 | / |
| Shoos | 67 | 14 | / |
| Soihd | 67 | 12 | / |
| Soohs | 67 | 12 | / |
| Sjodt | 67 | 11 | / |
| Hsooh | 67 | 11 | / |
| Sooss | 67 | 10 | / |
| Soott | 67 | 6 | / |
| Shhoo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sodth | 67 | 5 | / |
| Jhood | 67 | 5 | / |
| Shodh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Joodh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Soidh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Soddt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chood | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shooh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sooys | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shuod | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cooyd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Scodt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sooou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soudt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sjoud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shgoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shshoodh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shjod | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shooa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sousd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soydt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sodgy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Joods | 67 | 1 | / |
| Souyd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Siooo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sodsh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sochd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sooph | 67 | 1 | / |
| Szoot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sshod | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shoyd | 67 | 0 | / |
| Soopp | 67 | 0 | / |
| Shodt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Shooe | 67 | 0 | / |
| Scodd | 67 | 0 | / |
| Sootz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Sodtz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Shods | 67 | 0 | / |
| Sodch | 67 | 0 | / |
Sood Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sood in the Marathi language | ||
| सोड | soda | - |
| Sood in the Hindi language | ||
| सूद | suda | 97.99 |
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